Action against Hunger is an international non-governmental, private, apolitical, non-religious and non-profit organization created in 1979. Its goal is to combat hunger and dangerous situations that threaten men, women, and children. Currently 500 expats and more than 5,000 employees are working for Action against Hunger in more than forty-six countries working in projects concerning four areas of focus: nutrition, health, food security and water and sanitation.
In Lebanon, the Syrian crisis continues to generate political, social, and economic pressure due to the war in Lebanon and keeps more than 1.5 million refugees in a situation of increasing vulnerability. In this environment of political, economic and social uncertainty, our teams have maintained their high levels of humanitarian response and aid to Lebanon. Likewise, our interventions have been maintained in the Bekaa and northern areas, as well as in the south of the country, with a special focus on working in partnership or in consortium with other organizations and on institutional strengthening of the relationship with both donors. institutional, such as with local authorities and entities.
WE WORK IN LEBANON AGAINST COVID-19
- Focusing on Syrian refugee population and Lebanese host communities,
- mobilization committees,
- isolation centers,
- municipalities and service providers.
- Conducting training for health personnel.
- Distributing disinfection and dignity kits.
- Installing latrines for people with specific needs in Aarsal.
- Carrying out channel cleaning to ensure proper drainage. Distributing water through tanker trucks.
The Advocacy Coordinator will be responsible of:
The Advocacy Coordinator will work as part of the Action Against Hunger Lebanon Mission to develop strategic advocacy and contribute to the overall programs of Action Against Hunger in the country.
Objective 1: Task To operationalize the advocacy strategy for Lebanon, establish relevant collaborations for its implementation.
- Guide advocacy strategy’s implementation development and priority setting for aforementioned working groups/ consortiums, ensuring views of Action Against Hunger are represented and included.
- Ensure the coherent contribution of the mission Advocacy Strategy to the global advocacy initiatives of the Action Network Against Hunger.
- Ensure monitoring and reporting of advocacy activities to LB Mission and HQ Advocacy Department.
- Responsible for advocacy campaigns when appropriate, in multiple programs as well as co-coordinating advocacy and communication work for Action Against Hunger for Lebanon.
- Guide strategic direction of advocacy initiatives for Action Against Hunger including actively contributing to the definition and inclusion of advocacy initiatives in new projects during the proposal development phase.
- Provide strong support to the field teams with regards to the implementation of the new ways of working of the organizations by consolidating the linkage between advocacy and operations department (MP1).
- Support capacity-building activities in advocacy for staff and partners.
Objective 2: Conduct advocacy initiatives such as research and lobbying on root causes of vulnerabilities faced by our beneficiaries/right holders and by the mission to discharge its humanitarian mandate and action.
- Work closely with Action Against Hunger Bases, sectoral Technical Coordinators, and MEAL Coordinator to conduct field visits in areas of operation verify generate evidence on practices, humanitarian needs, responses implemented, and remaining gaps to feed evidence-based advocacy.
- Establish exchange of information between MEAL unit, advocacy team, technical/program units and Information management considering different levels: activities/project; project/mission.
- Monitor closely relevant humanitarian and policy issues, including media reports, surveys, statistical reports, databases and relevant literature, as needed for the production of reports and background/position papers.
- Analyse political and normative frameworks affecting humanitarian situation in Lebanon.
- Actively contribute to the analysis on the development of mission Comms and Advocacy products to utilise for external purposes.
- Undertake strategic lobbying on policies and practices based on Action Against Hunger generated findings and experiences by engaging with relevant stakeholders. Identify the key linkages among Action Against Hunger programming, root causes of vulnerabilities and potential consequences.
- Support the Bases in implementing, at the local level, advocacy initiatives and operationalization of the advocacy strategy and action plan.
Objective 3: Tasks To liaise with external stakeholders and headquarters to ensure collaboration
- Update on regular basis the mapping of key stakeholders and conducting regular power analysis to identify direct and intermediate targets.
- Liaison, networking and building relationships with donors, UN and diplomatic community in Lebanon as requested and under overall supervision of the Country Director.
- Represent AAH Lebanon and actively participate in the Regional Durable Solutions platform.
- Work closely with Advocacy desk in headquarters, under overall supervision of the Country Director, to develop advocacy initiatives, messaging and materials in line with advocacy priorities in both headquarters and Lebanon mission.
- Production of advocacy materials for use by Action Against Hunger HQ and ensure that Lebanon Mission Advocacy priorities are fed back to headquarters in line with organizational mandate.
Objective 4: To contribute oversee the mission Comms strategy and roll out
- Guide communication strategy’s implementation (as part of the advocacy strategy) and priority setting.
- Support capacity building activities in basic communications and visibility skills for staff.
- Ensure HQ and mission’s red lines are respected.
- Manage the mission Advocacy officer, Comms officer, and external consultants (designer, photographer, video maker) on an ad hoc basis.
- Ensure Advocacy and Communication – based validation of all external products developed by the mission.
- Ensure quality and guidance on the production of key mission communication products.
- Manage and oversee the mission Communications and Visibility budget.
Objective 5:Security
- Respect the security rules specified in the mission and base security plan, see to it that the team under his responsibility complies with the security plan and perform the security management tasks that can be assigned in its protocols.
- Support in security & access analysis when needed.
- Communicate to the security managers of the working location any security related information or noncompliance with the security plan.
Training:
Master’s degree in law or any other related field
Technical specific knowledge:
- A demonstrated understanding of relevant areas of international law, in particular of international humanitarian law, excellent analytical skills and the capability to work in a precise, structured and detailed manner.
- Must have strong drafting and verbal communications skills; research and analytical skills; ability to manage competing deadlines and priorities.
Previous experience (years):
- Minimum 4 to 5 years’ relevant professional experience in advocacy and communications;
- Good knowledge of the Lebanon context. Previous working experience in the Middle East is desirable.
- Proven experience in influencing skills to achieve policy change
- Proven track record of achieving international media coverage, both traditional and new media
Humanitarian sector knowledge:
- Motivation and commitment to humanitarian work according to organisational mandate
- Minimum 4 to 5 years of experience working in humanitarian and/or development aid
- Experience in complex humanitarian and protection contexts
- Solid understanding of the global dynamics: Triple Nexus, CT measures, Grand Bargain….
- Demonstrated experience of active participation/coordination of Humanitarian INGOs Platform
Organisation knowledge:
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and coordination skills and an ability to work independently and as a part of a team to deliver under a tight deadline
- Demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills
- Good capacity for creative thinking and creative production
- Solid understanding of the political and humanitarian context of Lebanon and the Syria Crisis
- Proven interpersonal and networking skills with international organisations and donors
- Strong negotiation skills and capacity to promote consortiums and partnerships
- Well organised, professional and rigorous
Languages:
English compulsory, Arabic desirable.
IT systems:
Windows Domain
Action Against Hunger – Lebanon seeks to promote gender equality and is committed to empowering women to participate effectively in their communities, we strongly encourage women to apply.
We Strongly encourage people with disabilities to apply.
ACF has a zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and abuse (SEA).
How to apply
Eligible candidates are invited to apply the earliest possible as we are screening applications on a rolling basis.
Only the applications received through our website will be taken into consideration.